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Director
Frank Capra
Defining Films
Profile
Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was a Sicilian-born American film director and a creative force behind a number of films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). His films often deal with rags-to-riches stories wich has led film historia
Filmography (40)
It's a Wonderful Life
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
It Happened One Night
Pocketful of Miracles
A Hole in the Head
Our Mr. Sun
Here Comes the Groom
State of the Union
War Comes to America
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Your Job in Germany
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Tunisian Victory
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Meet John Doe
You Can't Take It with You
Lost Horizon
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Broadway Bill
Lady for a Day
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Forbidden
American Madness
Platinum Blonde
The Miracle Woman
Dirigible
Ladies of Leisure
The Younger Generation
That Certain Thing
So This Is Love
The Matinee Idol
The Power of the Press
Long Pants
The Strong Man
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House